History For makebootfat
makebootfat with National Instruments modifications 2006/12
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Fixed a spurious error that was being reported on the
64-bit version of Windows Vista after the format had been
completed.
makebootfat with National Instruments modifications 2006/04
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Made the -o option work on Windows for devices other than
"usb".
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Fixed a minor memory leak on Windows in certain error
cases.
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Fixed silent failure on Windows when attempting to format a
drive that is busy.
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Added support for MBR sectors that start with 0xE9 rather
than 0xEB.
makebootfat Version 1.4 2005/03
makebootfat Version 1.3 2005/02
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Minor fixes at the documentation.
makebootfat Version 1.2 2005/02
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Added support for syslinux 3.xx with the new
-Y option. This removes the limitation of 1 GB
on FAT filesystems.
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The Linux version now suggests to switch to root if
searching for usb devices results in "Access Denied"
errors.
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Added a new -Z option to force ZIP-Disk compatibility.
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Added a minimal write cache to speedup the writing process.
makebootfat Version 1.1 2004/12
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The mbrfat sector now prints the type and geometry of
the drive.
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Minor fixes at the documentation.
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Fixed a minor problem in the Windows SetupDiGetProperty()
function.
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Removed the 4GB limit creating FAT32 partition in 32 bit
Linux systems.
makebootfat Version 1.0 2004/06